Is Lena too lean to be Sarah Connor?

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (for which Dorothy Snarker helpfully coined the acronym T:SCC) would makefans of kick-ass females happy. I mean, here’s a show that is entertaining,well acted and has not one, but two hot women stars, Lena Headey and Summer Glau.

As Ms. Snarker so delightfullyput it, whoever cast those two together “deserves a raise or, atthe very least, a large muffin basket.”

Huh? That is not an emaciatedwoman. Thin, yes. Fit, yes. But too thin? I don’t think so. Granted, Headey is not ripped like the originalSarah Connor, Linda Hamilton. But who is?

Yet, that is exactly what fansof Sarah Connor expected of the star of T:SCC. A fan site, The Sarah ConnorCharm School, whichdescribes its philosophy as “physical feminism” inspired bySarah Connor’s “waitress-to-warrior” story told in the Terminatormovies, considers Headey’s casting a betrayal.

“Here they were offeringour dream, a show supposed (by the title) to be focused on our hera[sic], our role model and they destroy it by casting a very thin, unhealthylooking actress in the role of a physical feminist icon!”

The site laments that Headey“will inspire eating disorders rather than fitness and strength.” Excuse me? Headey inspires many things,but one thing she does not make me want to do is stop, um, eating.

Headey is aware of the criticismbut doesn’t take it to heart. “The film had the luxury of moremoney and more time,” she told the Los Angeles Times. “If they were gonna give mea month, and a trainer every day, and a chef, then it would be fantastic.It’s a TV show, for God’s sake!”

Is Headey too skinny? Get readyto weigh in. Just to be thorough, here are a few different angles ofthe subject in question: the full body, the back and the arm. The gundoesn’t count, but it sure doesn’t hurt.

What do you think? Too thinor just right? To be Sarah Connor, I mean. We already know she’s justright for everything else.